Walmart to provide jobtraining for 2,000 D.C. residents

August 12th, 2011

Walmart plans to bring 1,200 jobs to D.C. when it builds at least four new stores in the city. The retail giant will invest $3 million over the next three years to train D.C. residents to work in retail, the company announced at a news conference Thursday.

The job training programs will be funded in the city community college and through non-profit organizations that compete for training contracts.

Michelle Gilliar, director of the Walmart foundation, said the program is meant to “recognize we have particular problems in terms of the adult population and disconnected youth not having the jobs skills enabling them to get an entry level job. We have to change that.”

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Walmart's price-matching policy: gimmick or real deal?

April 18th, 2011 | Source: KTRK [TX]

With food prices on the rise, you may be looking at creative ways to Stretch Your Dollar at the grocery store, and we found that price matching can save you some big bucks. We are talking 30 to 50 percent off!

Walmart just launched a new campaign to re establish its price match policy welcoming competitors ads every day. For one dad, it translates to a huge savings and no coupon clipping is required.
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